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LAHORE, Jan 17: Rain and snow over the hills once again dipped temperatures in most parts of the country on Thursday.

There was intermittent drizzle in Lahore and some localities witnessed hailstones. It remained heavily overcast throughout the day dropping the maximum temperature to 13 degrees celsius. The minimum Wednesday night temperature was four degrees Celsius.

The Met office reported light-to-moderate rain in several cities and nearly six-inch snow in Murree and Kalam.

It forecast widespread thunderstorm/rain with snowfall over the hills over Malakand division and Gilgit Baltistan in the next 24 hours. Fairly widespread thunderstorm/rain with snowfall over the hills may occur over Kashmir and upper Punjab.

Thunderstorm/rain with snowfall over the hills may occur at scattered places of Peshawar, Mardan, Hazara, Kohat, Dera Ismael Khan divisions and southern Punjab. Also, thunderstorm/rain with snowfall over the hills is likely to occur at isolated places of eastern Balochistan and Sindh.